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Protesters rally in Boston over NYC chokehold death

Several thousand people rallied peacefully in Boston on Thursday night to protest a grand jury's decision to not charge a white police officer in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man in New York City.

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Updated: 5:48 AM EST Dec 5, 2014

Protesters rally in Boston over NYC chokehold death

Several thousand people rallied peacefully in Boston on Thursday night to protest a grand jury's decision to not charge a white police officer in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man in New York City.

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WEBVTT 9. SO FAR, SO GOOD ON YOUR TRIP DOWN FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. TRAINS AND BUSES STARTING THE MORNING ON SCHEDULE. PROTESTERS DELIVERING A MESSAGE ON THE STREETS OF BOSTON. PEOPLE UNDER ARREST AS THOUSANDS CAME OUT TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. THE "EYEOPENER'S" TODD KAZAKIEWICH IS LIVE ON THE COMMON THIS MORNING. TODD? EMILY, ERIKA, GOOD MORNING. THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS WERE HERE ON THE COMMON DURING THE TREE LIGHTING. AS CHRISTMAS CAROLS WERE BEING SUNG, YOU CAN ALSO HEAR PROTESTERS CHANTING I CAN'T BREATHE. ERIC GARNER'S LAST WORDS. THIS MORNING THEY'RE STILL HERE EVEN THOUGH THE PROTEST IS OVER. THE ISSUE IS VERY MUCH ALIVE. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC SCENES, PROTESTERS AT THE GATES OF THE STATEHOUSE. THE FOCUS WAS ON NOT JUST FREE LIGHTING AND CHRISTMAS KACAROLS, BUT NONSTOP CHANTS FOR JUSTICE FOR ERIC GARNER. A VARIETY OF RACES AND AGES CAME OUT. WHEN THE DEMONSTRATION MOVED TOWARDS THE CIRCLE, POLICE KEPT A CLOSE EYE. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON. I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S SUCH A CONSTANT THING, I NEED TO BE A PART OF IT? IT'S SO TRULY EMOTIONAL. TO THINK WE'RE LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXIST AND DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO WALK DOWN THE STREET OR DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO WEAR A HOODIE. THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, POLICE WERE PATIENT BUT FIRM IN THEIR DETERMINATION NOT TO ALLOW THE PROTESTERS TO GET ONTO I-93 OR THE TRACKS OF THE GREEN LINE. AND TEN PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE

Protesters rally in Boston over NYC chokehold death

Several thousand people rallied peacefully in Boston on Thursday night to protest a grand jury's decision to not charge a white police officer in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man in New York City.